## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 1/10/23 Period start date To 30/9/24 Period end date**
## **Charity name:Chapel-en-le-Frith Guide Association**
## **Charity registration number:504624**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To enable local girls & young women to**
**gain skills & life experiences**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**1 rainbow unit 15 girls**
**1 brownie unit 20 girls**
**1 Guide unit due to reopen all of which**
**use the hut on a weekly basis**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees run it for the public benefit**
**as they allow any girl in the local area to**
**attend a unit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference|
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||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
||Para 1.38|
|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
|Other||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**For the period in question the hall was**
**undergoing renovation so not in use to**
**the wider community. The**
**refurbishment will allow it to be used in**
**the future to benefit the wider**
**community.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity owns Chapel-en-le-Frith**
**Guide hut which is worth approximately**
**£159,608**
**In the current account there is £51,**
**632.39 and in the reserve account there**
**is £ 11,532.26 giving total charitable**
**funds of £63,165.65**
**In the year the charity received an**
**insurance pay out of £40,870.99 for**
**flood damage during the year the total**
**expenses were £486.06 for general**
**running costs of the building.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The reserves held are to enable any**
**unforeseen problems within the huts**
**and grounds to be resolved promptly.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£11,532.26**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Covered within the governing document**
**of Girlguiding UK charity number**
**306016**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**An association**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are made up of local guiding**
**groups and other volunteers as**
**approved by the existing Trustees.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Chapel-en-le-Frith Guide Association|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|504624|
|Charity’s principal address|Guide Headquarters, Barlow Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith SK23
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Rachel Shaw|Trustee|Fullyear||
||Caroline Sproson|Trustee|Appointed 24.4.24||
||Judith Sian Finney|Trustee|Appointed 24.4.24||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity
Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**n/a**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Caroline Sproson **Full name(s)** Rachel Shaw **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
1.9.2025